Transcript of live chat with Woody Paige

Editor's note: This is a transcript of a live chat with Post sports writer Woody Paige, Thursday, September 20, 2007. The transcript is unedited.

Josh: Drow, Who's taking the NL wild card? I'd love to see the Phillies make the playoffs after their tough season.: September 20, 2007; 11:17 AM

Greg: What happened to 1st and 10?: September 20, 2007; 11:18 AM

T.Pryce: WHY IS SAM ADAMS STILL PLAYING FOR US?: September 20, 2007; 11:23 AM

T.Pryce: we have one washed-up old fat-as-s and one practice squad nobody starting at DT. WTF????: September 20, 2007; 11:24 AM

woody paige: Hello, World. Glad to talk to you. Fire your best shot, and I'll get to as many as I can before I have to go to the Rockies-Dodgers game just 1: September 20, 2007; 11:25 AM

T.Pryce: in your honest evaluation, how effective has sam adams been at DT?: September 20, 2007; 11:26 AM

chris: the phillies suck the rox are taking the wild card: September 20, 2007; 11:26 AM

Amy P: Hi Woody.

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Please tell me the Rockies will make it!: September 20, 2007; 11:26 AM

Bill: How about that defense? Is there a possibilty that there could be some run stopping going on in Jacksonville?: September 20, 2007; 11:26 AM

woody paige: You know, I haven't been impressed with Adams, either. But they're splitting time among eight DLs, and he's mostly in on running downs, where he doesn't hurt you: September 20, 2007; 11:26 AM

woody paige: Amy: The Rockies will not make it. Sorry. I figure them for one victory in S.D., one in L.A. and a couple against Arizona. You add it up: September 20, 2007; 11:27 AM

Frank: Why do the broncos not sign after broncos games anymore? only a few playes sign and the rest get escorted out in golf carts: September 20, 2007; 11:28 AM

Bill: We have a great ability to get between the 20's, what is the problem with us getting the ball into the endzone?: September 20, 2007; 11:28 AM

chris: wrong they're gonna sweep SD: September 20, 2007; 11:28 AM

woody paige: In regard to wild card, i'd like to see the rox do it because the players have worked so hard, but my second choice is the phillies because of all the injuries, and they've hung in there and have virtually caught the gagging, heavning mets: September 20, 2007; 11:28 AM

woody paige: Bill: I think they don't get it in the end zone for several reasons. graham hasn't been as effective getting open at the goal, and alexander, who is good in the red zone, hasn't been able to play, and i think they have to get cutler outside more, and henry is a great open-field runner, but i don't know about him around the goal. and the offensive line is still hurting with hamilton out: September 20, 2007; 11:30 AM

chris: rox shoulda swept them phils too: September 20, 2007; 11:31 AM

woody paige: I think it sux, honestly, when players don't sign after the games. most of the rox don't sign before games, either. the team should order the broncos to stay for a half hour and sign some autographs, but they're busy trying to get to a restaurant or a bar: September 20, 2007; 11:31 AM

Joe: woody your awesome go broncos: September 20, 2007; 11:32 AM

T.Pryce: speaking of ben hamilton, what's up with him being out this long? is there more to the "concussion" than we're hearing about?: September 20, 2007; 11:33 AM

Amy P: How long is the wait list these days for Broncos tix?: September 20, 2007; 11:34 AM

woody paige: Josh: Re: 1st and 10. I choose to leave the show Cold Pizza on ESPN because I missed writing and I missed Colorado, and I honestly missed going to a lot sports events. ESPN agreed to let me out of my contract, and I signed a new one to continue on Around The Horn and do SportsCenter once or twice a week and other shows. Then Cold Pizza moved to Bristol and changed the name of the show.: September 20, 2007; 11:34 AM

Jamie: Do you think MJD is going to run wild on the Donkeys this week? I do... but hopefully Travis Henry will pull a Chris Brown on the Jags.: September 20, 2007; 11:34 AM

Amy P: Do you ever go post-game drinking with the players?: September 20, 2007; 11:34 AM

Frank: The players should give back to the fan because if it was not for the fan going to the games and buying broncos stuff they would not be getting paid the amount of money that they get paid to play football: September 20, 2007; 11:35 AM

jtsmash: how severe was the concussion of ben??do you think are running game/passing game will be that effected ? kuper seems to be doing a good job. -jt: September 20, 2007; 11:35 AM

chris: who cares about autographs the players need to be giving back on the field: September 20, 2007

woody paige: Frank: I totally agree. When I was at the Super Bowl in Detroit and we did Cold Pizza in front of thousands of people, the players and ex-players, Joe Theismann, for instance, waded through the fans and wouldn't sign. I stood there for more than an hour every day. I think the players owe the fans, and yet, they think it's a pain in the rear to have to sign their name a few times: September 20, 2007; 11:36 AM

Henry: Does Jason Elam deserve his hero status? I mean, yeah, he won the games with two last minute FGs, but he missed crucial ones during the games that should have won sooner.: September 20, 2007; 11:37 AM

woody paige: The Rockies have control of Holliday for two more years, but they would have to sign him or trade before the final year. the owners have said recently in an interview they will not sign anybody to big contracts for longer than three, maybe, four years. Holliday will get a big, big offer, scott boras is his agent, and he will leave, unfortunately: September 20, 2007; 11:38 AM

Morgan: it seems the players are concerned that the fans will sell that collectible card for a few thousand dollars. A few thousand? I would love to sit in front of a 42 inch plasma, in a million dollar home and get to play ball on sunday, but I work a 9-5 and it will take me 50 years to make what an average football player makes. comeon football players sign my daggone program: September 20, 2007; 11:39 AM

Jon: Maybe it is just me, but it seems like the Broncos are still a little too conservative in the offensive play calling. Sure, there have been a few "cute" plays (the option comes to mind), but where are the bootlegs, the mass of play action and a lot of the plays that defined the Broncos offense for years? Are they taking it easy now and hoping to surprise Colts and the Chargers?: September 20, 2007; 11:39 AM

woody paige: Post-game drinking with players? Never. I have had dinner and a drink with ex-players like mark jackson and john elway, etc., but i don't think it's ethical to hang out with current players.: September 20, 2007; 11:39 AM

Henry: Are the Avs doomed to miss the playoffs this year again? What's your early outlook?: September 20, 2007; 11:40 AM

Jon: Woody who are you favorite people to work with on espn? Scott Van Pelt seems like a pretty cool guy.: September 20, 2007; 11:41 AM

woody paige: I think Jax creates some unique problems for the broncos offensively. they have two running back with different style, and the broncos have struggled to stop the run . . . again . . . and are, i think, 30th in the league or something. jacksonville will run, but it can't hide defensively. this, i believe, will be the easiest game for the broncos. but i thought that last week: September 20, 2007; 11:41 AM

Mark: Woody: How would you describe your relationship (and the Post's) with the Monforts?: September 20, 2007; 11:41 AM

Morgan: I would like to see the Broncos get that offensive engine tuned up.. firing on all cylinders, rather than the td's called back for penalties and the missfires that Jason Elam pulled when missing his field goals. get those 4 cylinders worked and our point total will match our yardage output.: September 20, 2007; 11:41 AM

woody paige: jon: I love scott van pelt and john anderson. stuart scott and i worked on Dream Job together, and he's a pro, whatever you think of booyah. i loved working with stephen a. smith because i could stick it in his face. Max Kellerman was my favorite when we were on around the horn because i could go after him, and Jay marriotti and i don't have a close relationships, partially based on the fact i was his boss at the post for a while, and he left abruptly because he didn't want to work for me: September 20, 2007; 11:43 AM

Josh: hahahhahahhah, mariotti: September 20, 2007; 11:44 AM

Morgan: Woody, do you think we will go "UNDEFEATED" and if so, why will we, and include the "ifs" that could kill us.. (if that's too much for this live chat, can we get that in a future column?): September 20, 2007; 11:45 AM

woody paige: jon: i don't have a good relationship with the monforts. i really like them as people, and charlie and i used to be what i would call friends. but i've criticized them so much, and they criticize me in speeches and to people, and charlie doesn't really speak to the post any more. i saw charlie in the hallway at the doubleheader, and he said, hi woodrow, and we did talk in spring training. you would like dick and charlie, but not as owners. they like me, but not as a columnist.: September 20, 2007; 11:45 AM

Henry: Given your jobs at the post and espn, how many hours do you figure you work each week? How's that affect your social life?: September 20, 2007; 11:45 AM

woody paige: morgan: we i assume is broncos, and, no, not undefeated. i've said 13-3, which is probably too optimist. they will lose at indianapolis, i think we can all agree, and i've got them losing at chicago and kansas city and winning all their games at home, but chicago is not that great, and k.c. has fallen on hard time. realistically, 11-5 or 12-4, but i could be right, or they could go in the tank. they don't know, and i don't know, and if i did, i'd probably be in vegas: September 20, 2007; 11:47 AM

Dave: Why is the Jacksonville media so angry at you and other Denver news articles?: September 20, 2007; 11:48 AM: 165.140.4.22:
Henry: How do you closely follow all the sports at once, especially in the fall with Broncos, Avs, Nuggets and MLB?: September 20, 2007; 11:49 AM

woody paige: henry: good queston. on tuesday i started working on around the horn at 8:30 a.m. i worked until about 11 p.m. after the doubleheader and finishing my column. i work seven days a week, about an average of 10-12 hours a day, more if i'm on the road, and yes, it affects my social life. i have no social life. i have no life. i am a loser, as many people point out in emails: September 20, 2007; 11:49 AM

chris: about Holliday: wrong again Woody Kronke is gonna buy the rox and sign Holliday: September 20, 2007; 11:49 AM

Josh: Ha dave, that goes back a few years, when they used to be the jagwads: September 20, 2007; 11:49 AM

Derek: While there is no stopping it, Is it really fair for the fans to Compare Cutler to Elway 7 starts into his career? I think the fans need to let Jay be Jay and lets give him a year or two before really comparing the two. Your thoughts???: September 20, 2007; 11:50 AM

Eric: 1st and 10 has guest hosts all the time now that you are gone. Any chance of you doing it again if only for a week?: September 20, 2007; 11:50 AM

woody paige: henry: i have seen the rockies in person and on tv about 100 games. i got to about 25 nuggests games and 20 or so avalanche games, and most all of the playoff games, and i'll be going to the cu game this week, and you just crowd in as much as you can, about 200 events a year, with the masters, and spring training and stuff: September 20, 2007; 11:51 AM

Brian: What do you think of Shanahan's propensity to call multiple pass plays following a great run. It seems to me that in the days that we had Davis, he would follow good runs with more running. But, it seems like recently he really prefers to throw after our running attack starts to work. I'm a former receiver who loves the passing game, but it seems to me that when we pass on 1st and 2nd down after we enter their territory, we are killing our scoring drives.: September 20, 2007; 11:51 AM

Morgan: Woody, what's your take on the QB/donovan mcnabb issue? is donovan mcnabb going to that well one too many times to explain his failures?: September 20, 11:51 AM

woody paige: eric: truthfully, when i left, i said i would fill in occasionally. i think they weren't happy li left, and they never ask, and i don't beg. they moved on; i moved on after about three years. i have enough keeping me busy, even doing this, and i'm working on two books, too: September 20, 2007; 11:52 AM

Henry: What have your most notorious columns been? I do remember Jell-O.: September 20, 2007; 11:54 AM
DocHOZ: Broncos going to start passing to the tight ends? I noticed a lot of teams seem to be using their tight ends in motion from wide to tight, and then running... Do you think they will start passing to them or are they setting something up for the big games coming up?: September 20, 2007; 11:56 AM

robert: woody, who wins in an arm wrestling match: you or jim armstrong?: September 20, 2007; 11:56 AM

woody paige: i did a woody's world commentary on mcnabb two days ago. i refer you to that. i do believe he was quoted out of context. i saw the entire interview. but i think african-american quarterbacks are treated equal. six currently start, and young and russell have been draft at or next to the top: September 20, 2007; 12:00 PM

Dude: Should have kept Plummer: September 20, 2007; 12:00 PM

Josh: amen chris, ring of famer: September 20, 2007; 12:00 PM

KAH: Is Jay Mariotti (around the horn) as annoying in person as he is on the show? You freaking rule, I watch OTH because of you. I'm a journalism major in school because of you. Keep it up.: September 20, 2007; 12:00 PM

woody paige: t.d's number should be retired. he's going on the wall of fame, but that's not enough. and there should be a statue of john elway outside the stadium: September 20, 2007; 12:01 PM

Mark: I want to read the ultimate tell-all book about what has really gone on behind the scenes in the Denver Broncos locker room. Will you write it? Give us some good behind-the scenes gossip.: September 20, 2007; 12:01 PM

woody paige: marriotti is my pinata.: September 20, 2007; 12:01 PM

Morgan: I guess I missed the commentary. I will look it up: September 20, 2007; 12:02 PM

woody paige: when i retire i will tell all, and stuff you'll be amazed at. i saw a player shoot steroids into his butt long ago, and i didn't even know what he was doing: September 20, 2007; 12:02 PM

chris: a statue of John Elway handing off to TD: September 20, 2007; 12:03 PM

Morgan: which Bronco player, present or past is your favorite player? I mean that in two ways. favorite interview and favorite person (meaning cordial and unassuming): September 20, 2007; 12:04 PM

woody paige: i've written and co-written seven books. one book i'm writing is called ""It's Not Rocket Surgery'', and it's stories and a collection of columns and all the best chalkboard sayings we've done on around the horn. the other is a novel, and i can't tell you what it's about, except that it's a takeoff a no. 1 bestseller by a columnist in detroit: September 20, 2007; 12:04 PM

KAH: How about a statue with TD and Griffith doing the salute, and a statue of elway pumping his fist after SB 32 Definition of iconic right there: September 20, 2007; 12:05 PM

woody paige: i loved tom jackson as a player, on and off the field; he was a great interview, and we wrote a book together, and we've been friends for a long time and, oddly enough, both ended up at espn. he's a lot bigger star. i'm happy for him.: September 20, 2007; 12:05 PM

woody paige: i think a statue of t.d. doing the salute is appropriate, and i love howard, so he should be in the background.: September 20, 2007; 12:06 PM

Matt: Fridays with Irv? The Five People You Meet in the Bunker?: September 20, 2007; 12:06 PM

woody paige: sorry, i have to to the rockies game. i'm late. but thanks. this has been great. i'll be back here same bat time, same bat station, next Thursday. i'm out. woody: September 20, 2007; 12:06 PM